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Post by bluetech on Jun 19, 2023 15:58:21 GMT -5
 ![]() Fresno pepper plant, the leaves look super condensed not sure if something went wrong here
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Post by Shawn on Jun 20, 2023 4:45:10 GMT -5
The plants look fine. Some are very condensed while others have lots of spacing.
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Post by scarfguy on Jun 20, 2023 5:27:19 GMT -5
looks fine to me too.
you might be able to get them to stretch out a bit by moving the light a little further away. |
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Post by slw on Jun 20, 2023 12:47:56 GMT -5
Looks good to me; very healthy. The more compact plants seem sturdier in my experience.
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Post by bluetech on Jun 20, 2023 21:15:27 GMT -5
Found a bunch of leaves that fell off on the bottom today, probably can't get any light, starting to wonder if I should just keep the one plant in the AG, didn't expect the leaves to be so big.
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Post by lynnee on Jun 21, 2023 14:50:21 GMT -5
Found a bunch of leaves that fell off on the bottom today, probably can't get any light, starting to wonder if I should just keep the one plant in the AG, didn't expect the leaves to be so big. That's a Bounty that the plants are in, isn't it? I usually keep two pepper plants in a Bounty, but I haven't grown Fresnos. My Bounty experience is with Sweet Heats, Green Bell Peppers, and Banana peppers. I suppose that two Fresnos may be too much if the Fresno plants grow really huge. You could try adding some extra nutrients (perfectly okay when the plants are heavy feeders), and maybe some CalMag and/or Koolbloom. If you take the smaller plant out, the larger plant will probably produce more peppers than it will if it continues to share the AG. Maybe mike has some ideas?  |
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Post by bluetech on Jun 21, 2023 21:06:46 GMT -5
He said in the other thread he had to prune it quite a bit, I'm not sure where to start on that, I also forgot to top it off. I'm going to take the smallest one and put it outside in the garden for the heck of it and just leave the side ones in.
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Post by lynnee on Jun 22, 2023 12:45:38 GMT -5
He said in the other thread he had to prune it quite a bit, I'm not sure where to start on that, I also forgot to top it off. I'm going to take the smallest one and put it outside in the garden for the heck of it and just leave the side ones in. Peppers don't need much pruning, but they do benefit from light pruning. It's safe to remove lower leaves that are no longer getting light, and the lower suckers (the extra shoots that come out of nodes with developed leaves or branches). Getting rid of leaves and suckers improves air circulation, which is fairly important to healthy AG plants. For me, topping peppers only results in a lot of small, dense, broomlike growth at the point where I made the cut. So when I prune peppers that have grown up close to the lights, I go down fairly far to a Y-branch and cut off one or both branches. It's okay to take off branches that have flowers, because your plant will produce more leaves and blooms. Peppers and tomatoes don't produce fruit until the main stem produces at least one Y-branch. That's just a spot where the stem splits into two branches that grow upwards--the whole thing makes a Y-shape. |
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Post by bluetech on Jun 26, 2023 16:06:45 GMT -5
Did a bit of pruning undernear and noticed a lot of leaves we're just falling off, still having this issue, anyone know what would cause that? Is is normal? Appears to have lots of buds clustered in the center of the plant though.
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Post by lynnee on Jun 26, 2023 19:59:00 GMT -5
Did a bit of pruning undernear and noticed a lot of leaves we're just falling off, still having this issue, anyone know what would cause that? Is is normal? Appears to have lots of buds clustered in the center of the plant though. One of my peppers was shedding leaves like that recently. It was stressed from being moved from another AG. Usually plants don't mind the pod transfers, but this one hated having its roots exposed or disturbed. A couple of other things that sometimes cause leaf drop in my plants are: (1) another plant that is hogging the nutrients, and (2) a room that is too warm so that the water gets too warm. |
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Post by bluetech on Jun 26, 2023 21:23:42 GMT -5
Did a bit of pruning undernear and noticed a lot of leaves we're just falling off, still having this issue, anyone know what would cause that? Is is normal? Appears to have lots of buds clustered in the center of the plant though. One of my peppers was shedding leaves like that recently. It was stressed from being moved from another AG. Usually plants don't mind the pod transfers, but this one hated having its roots exposed or disturbed. A couple of other things that sometimes cause leaf drop in my plants are: (1) another plant that is hogging the nutrients, and (2) a room that is too warm so that the water gets too warm. Speaking of nutrients, I notice the ones that come with AG says 3 capfulls = 12ml, I have some plastic syringes, 3 caps arent even close to 12ml, what do you use to measure this stuff? |
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Post by lynnee on Jun 27, 2023 12:09:51 GMT -5
bluetech , I use plastic syringes to measure nutrients and supplements, and I use the amounts (e.g., 12 ml for a 9-pod Bounty starting with the third feeding) stated on the bottle labels. These long interlock dispensing needles are handy if you are pulling nutrients from the large-size AG nutrient containers. Rachel's Closeouts
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